Modern Physics

the week of February 22 - 26

watch last week's live webcast here


this week's readings

    Monday,  Feb 22            article to be picked up in black box,
                                            "The Asymmetry between Matter and Anitmatter"
                                            from Scientific American, October 1998

    Tuesday, Feb 23             essay on General Relativity, pp 50 - 54

   Thursday, Feb 25

    Friday, Feb 26


this week's assignments

    Monday, Feb 22            bring to class: quark analysis of octet on figure 15-9

    Tuesday, Feb 23            bring to class: formula for gravitational deflection of light to class,
                                            including table of matching quantities
                                            (coulomb vs gravitational)

    Thursday, Feb 25

    Friday, Feb 26


links of the week

recent discoveries

 In a Major Breakthrough, Danish Physicist Slows the Speed of Light  N. Y. Times, 2/19/99

Science Friday: Brian Greene & Strong Theory  2/19/99  (audio file needs RealPlayer)